The Twilight Saga: New Moon has thrilled audiences in France and Spain ahead of its US release on Friday. The French parted with $4.35 million to see New Moon, starring Robert Pattinson, on its first day. Oliver Lebraud of French distributor SND said: "It's way beyond our most optimistic predictions. We were worried to open right after the tsunami created by 2012, but in fact Twilight 2 worked very well across France, even in mid- and small-sized cities." In Spain, the second movie installment in the Twilight series took $2.1 million, Variety International reported. Pau Brunet, a market analyst at Spain’s Box Office.es, said Twilight 2 could gross $13.5 million over its first five-day weekend. "It’s spectacular. The kind of spectator for these films wants to see them immediately," he said.